Dorothy Cashman
@irishcookbooks.bsky.social
Culinary historian. History of the recipe in Ireland, through manuscript and print.
https://shop.ria.ie/products/irish-food-history
Co-editor European Journal of Food, Drink, and Society https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ejfds/
https://shop.ria.ie/products/irish-food-history
Co-editor European Journal of Food, Drink, and Society https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ejfds/
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Fine Tim Adams tribute to peerless Rachel Cooke, Observer writer, colleague, friend
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Fine Tim Adams tribute to peerless Rachel Cooke, Observer writer, colleague, friend
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A historic cosmetics testing ban is crumbling. Across Europe, rabbits, rats, fish, and other animals are used in cruel cosmetics tests under the pretext of the EU chemicals regulation. Demand that officials change the law now! petauk.org/45r
Protect the EU’s Cruelty-Free Promise: End Animal Testing Now
The historic cosmetics testing ban is crumbling, and animals are suffering – sign the petition to EU officials now.
petauk.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A historic cosmetics testing ban is crumbling. Across Europe, rabbits, rats, fish, and other animals are used in cruel cosmetics tests under the pretext of the EU chemicals regulation. Demand that officials change the law now! petauk.org/45r
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Looking forward to bringing Longbarrow Press (and @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social) to the inaugural @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social at the end of the month, alongside 30+ excellent presses. Fri 28 Nov & Sat 29 Nov, Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2, all welcome, admission free. dublinsmallpressfair.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Looking forward to bringing Longbarrow Press (and @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social) to the inaugural @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social at the end of the month, alongside 30+ excellent presses. Fri 28 Nov & Sat 29 Nov, Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2, all welcome, admission free. dublinsmallpressfair.com
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In the Netherlands in the 17th century, bakers announced the arrival of fresh bread by blasting on a horn. In this painter in the Worcester Art Museum, Job Adriaensz. Berckheyde portrays himself as a baker surrounded by his wares. #earlymodern
August 28, 2024 at 6:54 PM
In the Netherlands in the 17th century, bakers announced the arrival of fresh bread by blasting on a horn. In this painter in the Worcester Art Museum, Job Adriaensz. Berckheyde portrays himself as a baker surrounded by his wares. #earlymodern
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It ys onlye Gen AI if it ys from the Gen AI regioun of Fraunce, otherwyse it ys just sparklinge plagiarism.
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It ys onlye Gen AI if it ys from the Gen AI regioun of Fraunce, otherwyse it ys just sparklinge plagiarism.
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Hey kids, we are a small Irish family business.
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Hey kids, we are a small Irish family business.
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
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The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 7, Annals of the Four Masters. Two full sets of the annals of Irish history from A.M. 2242 - A.D. 1616 were completed by Franciscan scholars, now known as the Four Masters.
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 7, Annals of the Four Masters. Two full sets of the annals of Irish history from A.M. 2242 - A.D. 1616 were completed by Franciscan scholars, now known as the Four Masters.
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“How do you build a local food community when the money is not going towards the people who are trying to do that?”
Cass & Nick on the challenges of being small-scale farmers in Ireland - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @rteradio1.bsky.social
Cass & Nick on the challenges of being small-scale farmers in Ireland - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @rteradio1.bsky.social
Nick and Cass McCarthy's Lúnasa Farm
In 2021, Nick and Cass McCarthy set up Lúnasa Farm on 30 acres of land in Co. Clare. Neither of them comes from a farming background. Nick’s an engineer by trade, and he met Cass while working in her ...
www.rte.ie
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“How do you build a local food community when the money is not going towards the people who are trying to do that?”
Cass & Nick on the challenges of being small-scale farmers in Ireland - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @rteradio1.bsky.social
Cass & Nick on the challenges of being small-scale farmers in Ireland - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @rteradio1.bsky.social
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The Battle for Bremore has begun! Www.savegormanstonbeach.ie
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Battle for Bremore has begun! Www.savegormanstonbeach.ie
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The reason you give product away for less than it costs to produce is you are trying to capture market share, driving out competitors.
The interesting question is what "market" is OpenAI trying to monopolize?
The low end is search and libraries.
The high end is human thought.
The interesting question is what "market" is OpenAI trying to monopolize?
The low end is search and libraries.
The high end is human thought.
“Every person using ChatGPT costs OpenAI more money then they pay them. Every free and paying user asking how to make a fluffy omelette or getting it to draft an email to their kid's teacher drains their resources.”
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
The Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
We can calculate the amount of money flowing into AI. But what will the full cost be to society when the bubble pops? This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The reason you give product away for less than it costs to produce is you are trying to capture market share, driving out competitors.
The interesting question is what "market" is OpenAI trying to monopolize?
The low end is search and libraries.
The high end is human thought.
The interesting question is what "market" is OpenAI trying to monopolize?
The low end is search and libraries.
The high end is human thought.
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Excellent essay here on the slow strangling of mass literary culture in the West - most clearly in the US, but it's obviously happening here too
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Excellent essay here on the slow strangling of mass literary culture in the West - most clearly in the US, but it's obviously happening here too
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Gone to the printer and soon to be released…
Launching in the Royal Irish Academy on Monday 1 December at 5:30pm.
Further details to follow.
“Christmas prezzies sorted, so…” 🎄
#Childhood #Ireland #IrishHistory
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
Launching in the Royal Irish Academy on Monday 1 December at 5:30pm.
Further details to follow.
“Christmas prezzies sorted, so…” 🎄
#Childhood #Ireland #IrishHistory
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
Childhood and the Irish: a miscellany
Childhood and the Irish: a miscellany
wordwellbooks.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Gone to the printer and soon to be released…
Launching in the Royal Irish Academy on Monday 1 December at 5:30pm.
Further details to follow.
“Christmas prezzies sorted, so…” 🎄
#Childhood #Ireland #IrishHistory
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
Launching in the Royal Irish Academy on Monday 1 December at 5:30pm.
Further details to follow.
“Christmas prezzies sorted, so…” 🎄
#Childhood #Ireland #IrishHistory
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
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"Oysters are climate heroes. Each one filters 190-200 litres of seawater daily, removing nitrates and plankton to clarify the water column."
"Climate action cannot wait for government or EU funding, it begins with committed, community-driven projects like this one."
www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
"Climate action cannot wait for government or EU funding, it begins with committed, community-driven projects like this one."
www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
Oysters returned to Dún Laoghaire harbour after 200 years
More than 18,000 oysters are being deployed in Dún Laoghaire harbour in Dublin, as part of an effort to try to reintroduce the shellfish to Dublin Bay over 200 years after they became extinct from the...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"Oysters are climate heroes. Each one filters 190-200 litres of seawater daily, removing nitrates and plankton to clarify the water column."
"Climate action cannot wait for government or EU funding, it begins with committed, community-driven projects like this one."
www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
"Climate action cannot wait for government or EU funding, it begins with committed, community-driven projects like this one."
www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
Special Irish edition out now
with articles that span the ages from early Irish Sagas, to agricultural extension in the 20th C. And there’s Dublin coddle, offal, beef, and cheese. And manuscripts, reviews and poetry. I could go on or you could just plunge in…
arrow.tudublin.ie/ejfds/
with articles that span the ages from early Irish Sagas, to agricultural extension in the 20th C. And there’s Dublin coddle, offal, beef, and cheese. And manuscripts, reviews and poetry. I could go on or you could just plunge in…
arrow.tudublin.ie/ejfds/
European Journal of Food, Drink and Society is a fully open access journal with articles on a wide range of topics. | Current Publications | Technological University Dublin
European Journal of Food, Drink and Society is a fully open access journal with articles on a wide range of topics. Produced by academics it is totally free to publish in. All articles are double blin...
arrow.tudublin.ie
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Special Irish edition out now
with articles that span the ages from early Irish Sagas, to agricultural extension in the 20th C. And there’s Dublin coddle, offal, beef, and cheese. And manuscripts, reviews and poetry. I could go on or you could just plunge in…
arrow.tudublin.ie/ejfds/
with articles that span the ages from early Irish Sagas, to agricultural extension in the 20th C. And there’s Dublin coddle, offal, beef, and cheese. And manuscripts, reviews and poetry. I could go on or you could just plunge in…
arrow.tudublin.ie/ejfds/
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Considering what 'meat' could mean in the future? Join us on 4 Dec 2025 at the Royal Irish Academy for 'Meat the Future?', a panel & conversation about how meat-alternatives might help Europe deliver on climate, health & food system goals.
Book your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
Book your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Considering what 'meat' could mean in the future? Join us on 4 Dec 2025 at the Royal Irish Academy for 'Meat the Future?', a panel & conversation about how meat-alternatives might help Europe deliver on climate, health & food system goals.
Book your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
Book your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
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I again pay tribute to @ria.ie for ceasing to use ‘X’ www.ria.ie/2025/05/01/t...
And AGAIN ask why the hell Irish universities continue to do so?!
Please @ucddublin.bsky.social @orlafeely.bsky.social give us some leadership here?
And AGAIN ask why the hell Irish universities continue to do so?!
Please @ucddublin.bsky.social @orlafeely.bsky.social give us some leadership here?
The Royal Irish Academy is ceasing activity on X (Twitter) - Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy is committed to creating, convening, and sharing knowledge for the public good and as an organisation we value Independence; Integrity; Curiosity; Openness and Rigour. Therefor...
www.ria.ie
November 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I again pay tribute to @ria.ie for ceasing to use ‘X’ www.ria.ie/2025/05/01/t...
And AGAIN ask why the hell Irish universities continue to do so?!
Please @ucddublin.bsky.social @orlafeely.bsky.social give us some leadership here?
And AGAIN ask why the hell Irish universities continue to do so?!
Please @ucddublin.bsky.social @orlafeely.bsky.social give us some leadership here?
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Great thread, cutting through all the bullshit about planning judicial reviews #speirghorm
Despite the click-bait headline my contribution has been accurately reported in this piece by @eithnedodd.bsky.social unfortunately on the industry side the wool has been pulled over her eyes by the usual self-serving rhetoric
By way of followup a short 🧵
By way of followup a short 🧵
The rate of judicial review in Ireland is "off the charts," the Director of Housing and Planning at the Construction Industry Federation has said
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Great thread, cutting through all the bullshit about planning judicial reviews #speirghorm
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"The framing of LLMs as preserving the lives of those we have lost distracts from the lost livelihoods, and worsened material conditions, of a generation of writers on whose work the technology of LLM feeds—and the loss of innumerable voices and the stories they won’t be able to tell" bit.ly/48Vv1iT
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of Books
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"The framing of LLMs as preserving the lives of those we have lost distracts from the lost livelihoods, and worsened material conditions, of a generation of writers on whose work the technology of LLM feeds—and the loss of innumerable voices and the stories they won’t be able to tell" bit.ly/48Vv1iT
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Just done this
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Just done this
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Did you know that Burns Library has a copy of Dracula translated into Irish? This 1933 volume was translated by Seán Ó Cuirrín and features cover art by Dublin born artist Austin Malloy. Want to look at it yourself? Visit us!
October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Did you know that Burns Library has a copy of Dracula translated into Irish? This 1933 volume was translated by Seán Ó Cuirrín and features cover art by Dublin born artist Austin Malloy. Want to look at it yourself? Visit us!
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Thanks to Kristin Jensen of Nine Bean Rows & Blasta Books for talking to me about changing Ireland's cookbook publishing landscape, one beautifully produced book at time.
Find the feature in this week's Irish Country Living / Irish Farmers Journal.
www.farmersjournal.ie/life/feature...
Find the feature in this week's Irish Country Living / Irish Farmers Journal.
www.farmersjournal.ie/life/feature...
Rewriting the recipe for a modern cookbook
Kristin Jensen has worked with a plethora of Irish chefs editing cookbooks for the last two decades. Now she’s making the publishing landscape more inclusive by giving a voice to new authors.
www.farmersjournal.ie
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Thanks to Kristin Jensen of Nine Bean Rows & Blasta Books for talking to me about changing Ireland's cookbook publishing landscape, one beautifully produced book at time.
Find the feature in this week's Irish Country Living / Irish Farmers Journal.
www.farmersjournal.ie/life/feature...
Find the feature in this week's Irish Country Living / Irish Farmers Journal.
www.farmersjournal.ie/life/feature...
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Traces of Samhain remain in the celebration we know today as Halloween: bonfires, feasting, dressing up and, of course, ghost stories. So, for the day that's in it, step inside the stories of Ireland’s (alleged) witches with DIB article in The Journal: www.thejournal.ie/readme/hallo...
Halloween histories: Step inside the stories of Ireland’s (alleged) witches
Dr Niav Gallagher of the Dictionary of Irish Biography looks at the history of witchcraft in Ireland.
www.thejournal.ie
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Traces of Samhain remain in the celebration we know today as Halloween: bonfires, feasting, dressing up and, of course, ghost stories. So, for the day that's in it, step inside the stories of Ireland’s (alleged) witches with DIB article in The Journal: www.thejournal.ie/readme/hallo...
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Gabriel Naudé's History of Magick, originally printed in French in 1625, was a defence of science & intellectualism against accusations of witchcraft & magic. Glad we're past that now!
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Gabriel Naudé's History of Magick, originally printed in French in 1625, was a defence of science & intellectualism against accusations of witchcraft & magic. Glad we're past that now!
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I repost this each October in the hope that the complexity of Halloween's origins and customs are more widely appreciated. Claims of a simple historical & mononational genealogy for this celebration are themselves examples of contemporary folklore/mythmaking. limerick1914.medium.com/customs-vary...
“Customs vary wi’ the times, At Hallowe’en”
Customs, Myths and Messiness
limerick1914.medium.com
October 6, 2024 at 10:59 AM
I repost this each October in the hope that the complexity of Halloween's origins and customs are more widely appreciated. Claims of a simple historical & mononational genealogy for this celebration are themselves examples of contemporary folklore/mythmaking. limerick1914.medium.com/customs-vary...
